[gipp]

Absolutely this. While of course there are true bullshitters out there, HN's consistent snarky dismissal of any possible value to non-technical business processes, while simultaneously getting self righteous about management's lack of understanding of engineering practice, is kind of embarrassingly un-self-aware. The fact that other fields in the business have their own jargon does not change that fact.

It also sounds like OP is just not the actual audience for the meetings they're in. Either someone at their company needs to rethink how wide such meetings need to be, or OP needs to figure out what parts of it are actually relevant to their role, and not worry too much about the rest.

(I am a SWE btw)